The Monarchy and the Constitution
Oxford University Press, USA | February 12, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0198293348 | 344 pages | PDF | 1.73 Mb
In the increasingly questioning world of the 1990s, the role of the monarchy in a democracy is again coming under scrutiny. Its critics argue that the monarchy is a profoundly conservative institution which serves to inhibit social change; that it has outlived its usefulness; that it symbolizes and reinforces deference and hierarchy; and that its radical reform is therefore long overdue.